Convoy of carnage: MAX HASTINGS writes about one of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war
Since 1815, the island of Malta had been viewed as one of the jewels in Britain’s crown of empire — a vital way-station to the East and a sun-baked fortress that showcased the Royal Navy’s dominance of the Mediterranean. But in the summer of 1942 it was the only surviving British bastion in the central … Read more